Trough protector



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UNITED STATES rsoaue PATENT? oFFicE.

WILLIAM F. ABBOTT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY ASSIGNMENTS, T

EQUIPMENT DEVICES COMIANY, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

TROUGH PROTECTOR.

Application filed July 22, 1921. Serial No. 486,795.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W ILLIAM F. ABBo'r'r,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Trough Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cars of the classemployed for shipping live poultry and which are accordingly providedwith longitudinal series of coops and tiers at opposite sides of acentral aisle, the coops being equipped with troughs for holding feedand water for the poultry.

This invention is fully described in the following specification andshown in the ac companying drawings, in whioh- Figure 1 is a partialtransverse section through one of the tiers of coops;

Figure 2 is a partial horizontal section on the broken line 2, 2 of Fig.1;

Figure 3 is a partial elevation on the line 3 of Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is a partial vertical section on the line 4 of Fig. 1;

Figure 5 is a partial horizontal section on the line 5 of Fig. 3; and

Figure 6 is a perspective of a clip.

This invention is an improvement of the poultry car shown in the patentto Mudd No. 956,401 in which there is a series of coops arranged intiers on each sidevof a central aisle which extends lengthwise throughthe car. The coops in each tier are supported by means of floors 10which are secured to longitudinal members 11 and angle irons 12 whichare carried by the vertical channels 13 and 14, the channels 14 beingupon the cen tral aisle and the channels 13 being at the outside of thecar. The outer ends of the coops may be closed in any convenient manneras by means of the wire screens 15 which are secured to the channels 13by means of bolts 16 and plate 17.

The inner or aisle ends of the coops are closed by means of doors 18having longitudinally extending pins 19 which are slidably fitted intoslots 20 in the flanges of the channels 14. The upper ends of thesedoors are preferably held by means of pins 21 which are arranged toslide into bayonet slots 22 in the flanges of the channels 14. Thispermits these doors to be readily opened. and closed.

A trough 23 is supported between each two adjacent coops upon the samelevel, by I means of a shell 24 which in turn is carried by twostirrup-like straps 25 one near each end of the shell and which aresuspended from the floor 10 above by means of bolts 26.

A canopy 27 overlies each trough 23 and is also carried by the stra s25. This canopy is preferably arched as s own in Fig. 4 and is widerthan the trough 23 and has a gutter 28 at each side andextendinglongitudinally thereof so that any refuse dropping through fromthe floor above will be caught-by the canopy and prevented from fallinginto the trough. The canopy 27 is also inclined'toe ward the outside ofthe car so thatv anymaterial falling into the troughs 28 will be carriedtoward the side of the car.

It will thus be seen that the food and water provided for the poultrywill be greatly protected and the tendency of the poultry to becomediseased while in transit will be greatly reduced. The straps 25 alsoserve to support the'partition members 29 and 30 which are securedrespectively above and below the trough by means of the bolts 31. Thelower member 30 is held at each end by means of a U-shaped clip 32 asshown 1 in Fig. 6 which is secured to an upright channel member by meansof bolts 33. Each trough is removable endwise through an opening 34 inthe supporting channel 14 and is slidable in its shell 24 where it'isheld by gravity.

This arrangement of partitions and troughs facilitates the cleaning ofthe car and the renewal of parts.

While I have shown and described but a single embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that it is capable of manymodifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangementmay be made without departing from the spirit and scope of. theinvention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is myintention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly aspossible in view of. the prior art.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a poultry car containing coops at C opposite sides of an aisle, atrough supported 1 between each pair of adjacent coops, and'a canopysupported above each trough for preventing refuse from dropping into thetrough, said canopy acting as a barrier between adjacent coops. 11o

2. In a poultry ear containing 'ooops'. at opposite sides of anais1e,-a' trough supported 10 opposite sidesof an aisle a troughsupported between each pair of-adjacent Coops, a debetWeen each pair ofadjacent coops and a pending support for each end of the trough, canopysupported above each trough, said a canopy carried above the troughbysaid canopy being inclinedtoward one end and support,- said canopyacting as a barrier behaving a gutter formed on each side so that tweenadjacent coops, and additional parti- 15 refuse falling on the canopywill be carried tion members carried by said support.

toward the lower end thereof.

3. In a poultry car containing coops at WILLIAM F. ABBOTT.

Certificate of Correction.

It is hereby certified that the State of incorporation of the assigneein Letters Patent No. 1,508,149, granted September 9, 1924, upon theapplication of William F. Abbott, of Chicago, Illinois, for animprovement in Trough Protectors, was erroneously given as Maine,Whereas said State should have been given as Delaware, as shown 1) therecord of assignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patentshould be read with this correction therein that the same may conform tothe record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 14th day of October A. D. 192%.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

